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  2. Assault weapons legislation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Any "selective-fire" firearm capable of fully automatic, semi-automatic or "burst fire" at the option of the user; Any semi-automatic centerfire rifle, regardless of the date produced, that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine and has at least one of the following features: A folding or telescoping stock;

  3. Firearm Owners Protection Act - Wikipedia

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    Regarding these fully-automatic firearms owned by private citizens in the U.S., political scientist Earl Kruschke said "approximately 175,000 automatic firearms have been licensed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (the federal agency responsible for administration of the law) and evidence suggests that none of these weapons has ...

  4. Gun laws in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    Semi-automatic rifles: No* No* DRMC § 38-130: No state law prohibiting sale or possession of Semi-automatic firearms, but with the repeal of Colorado's statewide firearm preemption law in 2021, local restrictions or prohibitions on semi-automatic may exist. Denver ordinance bans "assault weapons" (Most semi-auto rifles with more than 21 round ...

  5. Overview of gun laws by nation - Wikipedia

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    Long guns (excl. semi- and full-auto) Handguns Semi-automatic rifles Fully automatic firearms Open carry Concealed carry Magazine capacity limit [N 1] Free of registration Max penalty (years) Comoros [45] Total ban No No No No No No No — No Costa Rica [law 21] Yes – sport shooting, collection, hunting (for more than 3 firearms)

  6. NY passes bill raising age to buy, own semi-automatic rifles

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    New York's legislature voted Thursday to ban anyone under age 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle, a major change to state firearm laws pushed through less than three weeks after ...

  7. Yes, ‘Glock Switches’ Can Turn a Firearm Into an Automatic Weapon

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    But guns with bump stocks are still semiautomatic weapons—the trigger must be compressed each time they fire, even if that compression is assisted by a bump stock. Glock switches, however, are a ...

  8. Man pleads guilty to illegally possessing device to create ...

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    Jun. 12—An Albuquerque man has pleaded guilty to charges of modifying firearms to make them fully automatic before selling them. Joe Jasso, 20, pleaded guilty to dealing firearms without a ...

  9. Federal Assault Weapons Ban - Wikipedia

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    The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, popularly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB or FAWB), was subtitle A of title XI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law which included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms that were defined as assault weapons as well as ...